Improvement in furrowing devices for corn-planting



J PLUMB.

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No. 52.598. 7 Patented Feb. 13. 1866.

N-PEIERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. G. D

UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFICEQ JOSEPH PLUMB, OF OLARKSVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FURROWING DEVICES FOR CORN-PLANTING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PLUMB, of the township of Lebanon, county of Hunterdon, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Plow for Furrowing the Ground Preparatory to the Planting of Corn; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The plow is constructed somewhat in the form ofa sled, the runners beingfrom three and a half(3-) to four(4) feet apart. The runners are shod with iron two (2) inches wide and one (1) inch thick. To each of the runners is attached a small plow-mold of cast-iron. These runners so act, in connection with the plow-mold, as to make a furrow sufficieu tly deep to receive and retain the seed-corn so that it may be readily covered.

The defect in all the sleds for furrowin g cornground now in use is that they skim lightly over the surface, really make no furrow, and leave the ground on which the seed-corn is dropped quite hard and the corn germinates very poorly. All this is corrected by this new furr rowing-plow, as it not only opens a furrow of sufficient depth to receive the seed-corn, but loosens the ground thoroughly, thus securing the rapid and successful germination of the seed. Another advantage claimed for this furrowing-plow is that it is so constructed that it can be driven within a few feet of the fence, I

JOSEPH PLUMB.

Witnesses:

P. A. STRoBEL, J OHN F. STROBEL. 

